Welcome everybody to the new year. I took a break for the last month so so preparing content for you guys for this year. Last year I did my best to get you two pieces a week, and this year I going to step it up a bit to three. Disclaimer as always: I am a student at university. My school work comes first. That being said, it is the first day of the month, which means that we have an entire month on holidays to talk about. I know I didn’t do one for December, but all of my professors got together and we’re talking about how to make me miserable. I swear. Off of that topic, January is National Soup and Oatmeal Month, so make sure to stock up on hot meals. It is also National Hobby month, so it’s the perfect time to either discover a new hobby or finally invest the time into something that you have been pushing off.
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New Year’s Day
National Hangover Day
Independence Day (multiple countries)
Feast of the Holy Family (Spain)
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Run up the Flagpole and See if Anyone Salutes Day
Special non-working day after New Year (Philippines)
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Festival of Sleep Day
Bank Holiday (Japan)
Holiday Week (Russia)
Fruitcake Toss Day
Humiliation Day
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National Spaghetti Day
Trivia Day
Independence Day (Myanmar)
World Braille Day
Day of Kind Amador (Sao Tome and Principe)
Martyrs of Independence Day (Congo Democratic Republic)
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National Bird Day
Guru Gobind Singh Birthday (Sikh holiday)
Armenian Christmas Eve
Twelfth Night (Sweden)
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Bean Day
Cuddle Up Day
Feast of the Epiphany – Three Kings
Epiphany (Dominican Republic)
The Three Wise Men Day (Venezuela)
Day of the Holy Kings (Mexico)
Three Kinds Day (US Virgin Islands)
Armenian Christmas Day
Army Day (multiple countries)
Orthodox Christmas Eve
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Old Rock Day
Victory over Genocide Day (Cambodia)
Orthodox Christmas Day
Coptic Christmas Day
Pioneers Day (Liberia)
Ethiopian Christmas Day
Epiphany (Colombia, Spain)
Day off for Martyr’s Day (Panama)
International Programmers’ Day
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Bubble Bath Day
Male Watcher’s Day
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Play God Day
National Take the Stairs Day (always the second Wednesday of the month)
Day of the Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Peace Agreement Day (South Sudan)
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Bittersweet Chocolate Day
Houseplant Appreciation Day
Peculiar People Day
Margaret Thatcher Day
Vodoun Festival (Benin)
Majority Rule Day (The Bahamas)
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Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend’s Day
Kosrae Constitution Day (Micronesia)
Anniversary of the Independence Manifesto (Morocco)
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Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day
National Pharmacist Day
Geok Tepe Memorial Day (Turkmenistan)
Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania)
Kiss a Ginger Day
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International Skeptics Day
Make your Dream Come True Day
Constitution Day (Mongolia)
Democracy Day (Cabo Verde)
Stephen Foster Memorial Day
Liberation Day (Togo)
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Dress Up Your Pet Day
Makar Sankranti (India)
Old New Year (Russia)
Orthodox New Year
Defenders of the Motherland Day (Uzbekistan)
Revolution and Youth Day (Tunisia)
Coming of Age Day (Japan)
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National Hat Day
John Chilembwe Day (Malawi)
National Bagel Day
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Appreciate a Dragon Day
National Nothing Day
Signing of the Peace Accords (El Salvador)
Teachers’ Day (Thailand)
Anniversary of Presiden Laurent Kabila’s Assassination (Congo Democratic Republic)
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Ditch New Years Resolutions Day
Anniversary of Prime Minister Patrice Emery Lumumba’s Assassination (Congo Democratic Republic)
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Thesaurus Day
Winnie the Pooh Day
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National Popcorn Day
National Tin Can Day
Orthodox Epiphany
Daylight Saving Time ends (Fiji)
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National Buttercrunch Day
National Cheese Lover Day
Penguin Awareness Day
Martyrs’ Day (Azerbaijan)
Heroes’ Day (Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau)
World Religion Day
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday (always celebrated on the third Monday of the month)
National Hugging Day
Squirrel Appreciation Day
Errol Barrow Day (Barbados)
Our Lady of Altagracia (Dominican Republic)
Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s Day (Norway)
Tu B’Shevat (multiple countries)
Thaipusam (Singapore)
Tu Bishvat (Israel)
Idaho Human Rights Day
Civil Rights Day
Blue Monday
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National Blonde Brownie Day
Plurinational State Foundation Day (Bolivia)
Franco-German Day (Germany)
Ukrainian Unity Day
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National Pie Day
National Handwriting Day
Measure Your Feet Day
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Beer Can Appreciation Day
Compliment Day
Unification Day (Romania)
National Peanut Butter Day
25
Opposite Day
Betico Croes’ Birthday (Aruba)
Revolution Day (Egypt)
Tatiana Day (Ukraine)
Burns Night (Scotland)
26
Australia Day
Spouses’ Day
Republic Day (India)
International Customs Day
Liberation Day (Uganda)
Duarte’s Day (Dominican Republic)
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Chocolate Cake Day
Punch the Clock Day
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
Saint Devote’s Day (Monaco)
Spirituality Day/St Sava’s Day (Serbia)
Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism (Germany)
World Leprosy Day
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Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day (always the last Monday of the month)
Data Privacy Day
National Kazoo Day
Jose Marti’s Birthday Memorial (Cuba)
Army Day (Armenia)
European Privacy Day (Germany)
Fun at Work Day
National Heroes Day (Cayman Islands)
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National Puzzle Day
National Cornchip Day
Kansas Day
St. Valero’s Feast (Zaragoza, Spain)
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National Inane Answering Message Day
The Three Holy Hierarchs (Greece)
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Backward Day
Inspire Youre Heart with Art Day
Independence Day (Nauru)
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